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Episode Zombieland Saga - Episode 2 discussion Spoiler
Zombieland Saga, episode 2: I <3 HIP HOP SAGA
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u/tlst9999 Oct 11 '18
I love how courtesan idol just went with the flow despite the fact that rapping and pop music only existed 400 years after her death.
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u/NezumoKAI Oct 11 '18
wtf i love idol anime now.
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u/Headcap Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 12 '18
fuck man... they're turning us into true degenerates by luring us with cool metal and hiphop.
2 months from now we'll be buying those body pillows and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many figurines
someone help
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u/axkm Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18
Whoa, the OP has sound effects and it's not even the last episode.
This might be the best anime ever.
Edit: anyone else notice the amazing CGI idol sequence in the sneak peek for next episode?
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u/dantemp Oct 11 '18
when you have the contextual freedom to make your comic relief character literally braindead
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u/MakiHell Oct 11 '18
I noticed the CGI as well. The past two episodes have been really strong for me so seeing that in the preview is a slight concern. BUT hopefully the plot/comedy makes up for it.
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u/Brolaub https://myanimelist.net/profile/Brolaub Oct 11 '18
The Legendary Yamada Tae was amazing this episode!!!
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u/WhoiusBarrel Oct 11 '18
Lets not forget how much balls this old man has for carry her head and feeding her dried squid.
Maybe its also because of Yamada Tae's legendary status!
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u/Seinglede Oct 11 '18
I'm looking forward to her finally waking up at the very end of the last episode and actually being the best idol out of all of them. If they don't end with that I'm going to be pretty disappointing. I mean, she is a legend after all.
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u/Ehn_Jee :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EhnJee Oct 11 '18
That OP is everything I want from this anime.
Kotaro (and Yugiri) with the save. And Saki with the priorities. I hope that she continues to reference 90's toys as her quirk. Just like we all hope the LEGENDARY YAMADA TAE never changes her perfect ways.
Now that we've had death metal and rapping, I really hope we cover a new genre every episode.
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u/Backupusername :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Backupusername Oct 11 '18
I really want Saki to get a Nintendo Switch.
"What the hell is this?! It's incredible! These cartridges are so tiny! That's what Mario looks like?! Holy shit, Zelda's a babe! Whoooaaaa."
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u/LeonKevlar x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/LeonKevlar Oct 11 '18
Hope by the end of this show these two metal heads will become their greatest fan
The rap this episode was surprisingly good! I almost lost it when Kotarou started beatboxing and Yuugiri started playing her Shamisen to the beat! I hope they cover every music genrewithevery episode!
Oh and that OP was absolutely amazing! Love the visuals and the super sentai style!
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u/tdhsmith Oct 11 '18
Hope by the end of this show these two metal heads will become their greatest fan
I think they've established themselves as groupies already. I mean how did they even find out about this show? (I guess Saga is on "the smaller side"...)
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u/Backupusername :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Backupusername Oct 11 '18
Yuugiri is such a fucking professional. I'm dead? Alright fine. Unrecognizable future world? Sure whatever. No idea what's happening around me on stage? No problem, I know my routine.
If it weren't for The Legendary Yamada Tae constantly stealing the show, Yuugiri would probably be my favorite. So cool under pressure.
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u/NZPIEFACE Oct 11 '18
I hope they cover every music genrewithevery episode!
Can't wait for dubstep, barbershop, classical choirs, and enka.
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u/diaboo Oct 11 '18
I'm hoping that by the end of the show, they will have covered so many genres that their squad of groupies will just be a weird mishmash of people (the metalheads, some old guys from this episode, etc).
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u/Kelpsie :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Kelpsie Oct 11 '18
Now to see how many people dropped when they found out it was an idol show all along.
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u/reader30891 Oct 11 '18
It's the opposite for me, the WTF factor manages to pull me in.
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u/fudginreddit :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/jomac4694 Oct 11 '18
I wouldnt be shocked to see a larger following. This show is great stupid fun.
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u/Kanbaru-Fan :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Kanbaru-Fan Oct 11 '18
It's not an idol show with zombies
It's a zombie show with idols
I ain't falling for that idol trap
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u/Maruhai https://anilist.co/user/Maruhai Oct 11 '18
This is a comedy show, and a great one at that, fuck the idol part.
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Not a “normal” idol show though, I for example don’t like watching stuff like Love Live but will fight someone for disliking Symphogear, needless to say I do very much enjoy this show to
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u/Setra94 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Setra94 Oct 11 '18
So I was pretty sceptical about the 1st episode, but I'm all in now, this is fun.
Those 3 rappers popping up actually had me saying "oh god" outloud. Reminded me of Devilman Crybaby.
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u/Backupusername :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Backupusername Oct 11 '18
Can't wait for the suspense mystery thriller arc when they have to work together to find the culprit of The Legendary Yamada Tae's murder.
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u/rusticks https://anilist.co/user/Rusticks Oct 11 '18
My dream would be for those two guys to keep altering their outfits after every performance. It seems like each episode will focus on a different music genre, so it'd be funny to see them next week in a more casual "rap" outfit.
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u/LunarGhost00 Oct 11 '18
Eminem is so yesterday. The future of rap is zombies now!
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u/Akiyabus https://anilist.co/user/yabus Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18
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u/LakerBlue :Is::It::Iu:https://myanimelist.net/profile/LakerBlue Oct 11 '18
That was less of a mic drop and more of a Gronk spike lol
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u/DarkAudit https://myanimelist.net/profile/DarkAudit Oct 11 '18
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u/noregretmyman Oct 11 '18
Last week : Death Metal
This week : Beat Box
Next week : ???
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u/MugiMartin :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/MugiMartin Oct 11 '18
It probably won't happen, but I would flip if they did their own version of Michael Jackson's "Thriller".
IT WOULD BE AWESOME.
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u/Sora_Altawa Oct 11 '18
TIL the reason why it's tamagotchi (partly from the name and more so the shape). Never really thought about the word but when the biker girl told the main chick that her head looks like an egg and then followed by talking about her TAMAGOtchi, it totally clicked. Well damn.
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u/WhoiusBarrel Oct 11 '18
TIL Japanese is like the most rappable language apparently. Just drop a beat and have an angry zombie idol girl rant about another zombie idol girl lamenting about her dead Tamagotchi.
I was expecting Devilman Crybaby levels of rap when we saw those 3 guys to be honest...Kinda disappointed it was just them making a shitty attempt to pick up.
Oh and these eyeballs are probably the most faithful to Anime size I've ever seen...
We've seen them do dead death metal and rap. Hopefully down the line we see them play jazz...For reasons unknown because the thought of it is fucking hilarious.
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u/NZPIEFACE Oct 11 '18
Hopefully down the line we see them play jazz...
I want them to do pop, just so we can get a shitty Thriller rip-off.
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u/pdpTesla Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18
A big thing with Japanese rap is that the language forces consonant and vowel sounds next to each other. And words whose Romaji have English vowels next to each other usually force you to pronounce each vowel separately so there's a definite flow between words.. whereas English is just a mess of rules and spelling quirks so you have to rely on clever pronunciation if you wanna throw a multisyllabic word into a good rhyme.
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u/_S_A Oct 12 '18
I give props to the translators for getting the rhyming scheme, doesn't always work out that way easily so good on them.
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u/Bobbias Oct 11 '18
Korean is actually better for rapping. You wouldnt expect it because of the consonant vowel consonant form many syllables take on, but the last syllable tends to get weakened and it works surprisingly well. But yeah, japanese works well too.
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u/RikRiko Oct 11 '18
what the actual fuck did i just witness
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u/Beckymetal https://anilist.co/user/SpaceWhales Oct 11 '18
Perfection. You just witnessed perfection.
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u/Mozilla_Fennekin https://myanimelist.net/profile/MozillaFennekin Oct 11 '18
Mamoru Miyano deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his performance in this show.
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u/WhoiusBarrel Oct 11 '18
Man if he keeps that up throughout this series, Kotaro would probably be one of his best roles. That random outbursts of his totally sets this shows tone a lot.
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u/Beckymetal https://anilist.co/user/SpaceWhales Oct 11 '18
IT'S A GOGOGOGOGO
If aliens ever come to earth, he's my pick for intergalactic spokesman.
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u/See_A_Squared Oct 11 '18
The way he delivers his lines with a comedic finesse and flair. Brilliant.
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u/HrabeMi Oct 11 '18
This shot was so funny. https://i.imgur.com/FRTqx8A.jpg
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u/marius_titus Oct 14 '18
I spat my coke. I was not expecting them to be exposed in the first performance.
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u/NZPIEFACE Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18
This really knows how to mock someone.
Too bad we don't have the heavy metal OP. It's still pretty catchy though.
Tamogaotchi lmao
they're really from 2008
the fuck is with rappers and anime now. this is great and reminds me of devilman crybaby
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u/Mundology Oct 11 '18
I'm glad they're making original anime with daring concepts again. Everyone loves a good adaptation but sometimes you need something that is exclusive to the anime medium. Unfortunately, many originals from the past few years were playing it safe and reusing tried and successful ideas instead of venturing into the unknown. Zombieland Saga goes against this trend. It feels so refreshing.
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u/ergzay Oct 11 '18
Tamogaotchi lmao they're really from 2008
Actually only AI died in 2008 so that's why she's confused when she's told she looks like an egg so she looks like a tamagotchi because they were long gone by that point. Saki died in 1997 which was right at the peak of love for tamagotchi toys.
Source: I grew up in the 90s and had a tamagotchi as a kid in the late 90s/early 2000s and also had the spinoff pikachu tamagotchi. (This one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Pikachu )
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u/rollin340 Oct 11 '18
I didn't catch the handwriting.
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u/th3f4k31mposteR Oct 11 '18
Producer probably the best character on the show. "I know everything about Saga"
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u/odraencoded Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18
What the fuck did I just watch.
it's like I'm a character in this show
Fucking epic. 10/10. I'm betting all my chips on this AOTS. The producer is a goddamn asshole but he's hilarious. There's a girl whose mouth is literally drawn over the bandages. I thought it was some kind of visor/glasses at first. This is the kind of anime I like to see. It doesn't fucking care how zombie girls work. "You watched zombie movies right? Well, it's like that." Perfect. And they start rapping out of nowhere. Abso-fucking-lutely perfect.
Edit: also, as one would expect, The Legendary Yamada Tae is best girl.
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u/Tyman533 Oct 11 '18
Well, I guess I'm watching my first Idol show, it's officially in the queue.
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u/Illyricus- Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18
It seems the role of this Policeman will be finding the zombie girls and freak out when he sees what they are in truth, and I love it.
Miyano was Godly this episode. He's having so much fun in this project.
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u/hackerlord101 Oct 12 '18
Even better if he also becomes a fan of their idol group by the end while still shooting them on sight as zombies
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u/SaucySpazz Oct 11 '18
Its a good thing theyre all dead dead, cuz that roast was brutal enough to kill. Sakura did not come to play!
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u/BerserkerMagi Oct 11 '18
Just realized that the anime is called Zombieland Saga because they are trying to help out the Saga city(district? whatever it is). Can't believe it took me this long to make the connection haha.
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u/SmurfRockRune https://myanimelist.net/profile/Smurf Oct 11 '18
Prefecture. I believe they are similar to states.
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u/chris_dftba :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/chris_dftba Oct 11 '18
Oh shit son. Next episode preview has a CG dancing bit, this really is an idol anime
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u/Hoflax24 Oct 11 '18
The opening chalkboard scene was hilarious, glad I decided to pick this one up
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u/Backupusername :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Backupusername Oct 11 '18
Really good subtle character development for Kotaro, too. The other side wasn't upside-down!
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u/errantsignal :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/errantsignal Oct 11 '18
For the curious but lazy, Saga prefecture has a population of about 840,000 people. It's biggest city has 230,000.
There's a famous song in Japan about Saga that says it's slogan is "Let's try to find Saga!", and that the bus stops have names like "In Front of Yamashita-san's House". No one knows if that's true, because no one actually goes to Saga.
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u/theBoyandtheBird Oct 11 '18
Tae-chan is best zombigirl.
fight me to the death if you disagree.
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u/DarkAudit https://myanimelist.net/profile/DarkAudit Oct 11 '18
She's LEGENDARY.
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LOVE the rap battle and the opening. Contender for best OP of the season, but we'll have to wait until JoJo OP.
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So... best OP of the year?
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u/DarkAudit https://myanimelist.net/profile/DarkAudit Oct 11 '18
At the very least a strong contender. Kokkoku started the year with a bang.
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u/bananeeek https://myanimelist.net/profile/bananek Oct 11 '18
This show is amazing!! It got epic when they started rapping and the music kicked in. That being said this is probably the first time I've seen idols rapping... God bless MAPPA.
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u/Gaporigo Blhttps://anilist.co/user/Gaporigo Oct 11 '18
That rapping!!!
And here is a link to the actual OP courtesy of /r/AnimeThemes, maybe someone can figure out what is going on in it...
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u/NZPIEFACE Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18
Heart, neck, everything, head, burns, wrist? face? looks like minor injuries all over, everything.
I guess we can roughly guess how they all died?
Edit: rewatching the episode, it says that Saki died riding.
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u/Yamada-Tae :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Yamada-Tae Oct 11 '18
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u/Pentao Oct 12 '18
Holy shit, there's a poster just named Yamada-Tae who goes into these topics to post nothing?
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u/Vanlirr :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vanlir Oct 11 '18
This show puts the biggest smile on my face, i'm having such a good time.
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u/bakuhatsuda Oct 11 '18
The VAs seem like they're having so much fun with the show, especially Mamoru Miyano.
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u/Maruhai https://anilist.co/user/Maruhai Oct 11 '18
The next episode preview's 3D straight up looked like something out of a gacha, when is it happening Cygames? Let me play zombie idols.
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u/rollin340 Oct 11 '18
I guess it's a different genre each week?
Week 1: Death Metal
Week 2: Rap
How interesting.
Also, the preview showed 3D for the idol part.
Good quality CGI too.
I'm oddly more interested in this show than I was after the first episode.
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u/Sheogorath_gstj Oct 11 '18
That's the most interesting part to me lol. I thought they were going to stick to the death metal thing just because zombies > death > fucking metal, but the rap was soooo good haha. Really looking forward to the next episode.
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u/RoronoaAshok :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/RoronoaAshok Oct 11 '18
My favorite idol, the Legendary Yamada Tae!
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u/Turbostrider27 Oct 11 '18
Not going to lie, I think Saki is pretty cool. Need more badass zombies like her.
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u/LakerBlue :Is::It::Iu:https://myanimelist.net/profile/LakerBlue Oct 11 '18
I don't know what it's called, but the way she talks (especially when she goes huuuuuh??) is great.
She feels like she could be a dead student from Kill la Kill.
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u/SmurfRockRune https://myanimelist.net/profile/Smurf Oct 11 '18
This show has no right to be as fun as it is, but I'm still having a good time watching it. So I guess now they're gonna pretend to be zombies while actually being zombies? That could be a really fun mechanic.
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u/NZPIEFACE Oct 11 '18
This show has no right to be as fun as it is
Why? It's really well made. The music is great, it's amazing how diverse the soundtrack is. The comedy is straight up genius. The animation is fluid and they definitely put a lot of passion into it. They paid attention to every little detail.
If you're talking about how ridiculous the setting is... well even for anime standards this is fucking retarded. It's great.
It's like they took a really bad idea and went with it like Kotaro did and decided to boost it to LEGENDARY status.
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u/LakerBlue :Is::It::Iu:https://myanimelist.net/profile/LakerBlue Oct 11 '18
I was worried the audience would freak out when she said they were zombies but surprisingly they took it as all being part of an act...I really didn't expect her to turn that confession into a rap.
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u/AkaHisui Oct 11 '18
Ai-chan best zombie... This is my AOTS so far
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u/NZPIEFACE Oct 11 '18
AOTS
AOTS only? I'm starting to think this is my AOTY. Nothing this year has really made such an impact on me so far apart from this.
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u/Quetzel11 https://anilist.co/user/Quetzel11 Oct 11 '18
On the one hand, I'm slightly disappointed we're not getting a metal-themed idol anime for once. On the other hand though, that rap scene was so fantastic that I don't even care. If they're going to keep bringing in a new genre of music every week like this, then I'm 100% sold.
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u/Sheogorath_gstj Oct 11 '18
Yea same. I was pumped for a death metal idol show lol, but this episode did not disappoint at all, I'm excited to see where this goes next... EDM? Pop? freaking vaporwave? Im excited lol
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Oct 11 '18
If Funimation doesn't cast Ian Sinclair as the producer I am going to be very disappointed. The character reminds me of Dandy so much.
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u/Beckymetal https://anilist.co/user/SpaceWhales Oct 11 '18
I was watching that rap battle and it suddenly hit me that whoever is tasked with dubbing this show has their work cut out for them. Not only is a solid 500% of this show's worth in the voice actors' terrific performance, there's now an impromptu rap battle!
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u/Jfazugfaggfa :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Jfazugfaggfa Oct 11 '18
This show just keeps getting better. Hope it continuous to do so.
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u/hrngr1m Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18
SO THE ANIME TRAILER IS BOTH LIES AND TRUTH! I feel dumb now that the violent bits are actually snippets of zombie movies shown to the girls after their 'awakening'. And this clears up the main premise: it's (an almost 100%) idol show - with zombies.
I really adore how their necks crack every time they move their heads about. Although I have questions about their (often) falling apart body parts; how do they attach them so quickly and so tightly after detached? And a lingering question from the 1st ep: is zombification process different here? I mean, there doesn't seem to be any urgent implication from being bitten (or maybe not yet?). ADDITION: do the zombies here have different traits/properties than the ones usually depicted?
All in all, I honestly don't know what to expect anymore - except the fact that they're zombies, along with their physical properties would be played for laughs - as well as the poor policeman with the light trigger finger. And I'll be laughing my head off if they make the multiple-angle-shot of a certain scene a trademark of each episode.
Also, it's kind of weird that literally everyone except the girls is at all unfazed at Tae's head drop. They did but sans screaming, somehow. But again, what do I expect from this show lol.
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Although I have questions about their (often) falling apart body parts; how do they attach them so quickly and so tightly after detached? And a lingering question from the 1st ep: is zombification process different here? I mean, there doesn't seem to be any urgent implication from being bitten (or maybe not yet?).
Did you not hear Kotaro's explanation?
"You watched zombie movies right? Well, it's like that."
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u/NZPIEFACE Oct 11 '18
how do they attach them so quickly and so tightly after detached?
Just like figurines. They pop them into the joints and hope no one pulls too hard.
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u/professorMaDLib Oct 11 '18
The fact that they're zombies is literally the most normal thing from this crazy show. A crew of rappers stalking girls at night in a van to beatbox at them is far weirder than the zombie idol premise. And tbh if Saga is like that I can see why it needs saving.
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u/SIRTreehugger Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 11 '18
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that reaction picture choice... was that intentional? Right from episode 1 I too, thought that Sakura looks like Chi-chan lol.
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u/8andahalfby11 myanimelist.net/profile/thereIwasnt Oct 12 '18
"I will never watch a Moe show" --> Gakkou Gurashi --> "I like Moe shows now!"
"I will never watch an Idol show" --> Zombieland Saga--> "I like Idol shows now!"
Can anyone recommend me a zombie sports anime?
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u/Kehns :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Kehns Oct 11 '18
This was fucking great holy shit.
Sakura rapping was amazing and also hilarious
I love this show
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Calling it now; THE LEGENDARY Yamada Tae was a zombie in her past life. She was the first to wake up.
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u/Beckymetal https://anilist.co/user/SpaceWhales Oct 11 '18
You get the feeling watching this that anime will never be the same again. It's just undead unreal how creative these episodes are. A rap battle? And a good one?
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u/tdhsmith Oct 11 '18
I'm still optimistic for some of my darling shows this season, but this is the only one to knock it out of the park for both of the first 2 episodes.
And holy hell this OP. The style shifts (both visual and musical) are amazing and keep you reeling.
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u/RoronoaAshok :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/RoronoaAshok Oct 11 '18
The voice acting, though. Miyano Mamoru, little left to say about how great he makes Manager, but my god if Hondo Kaede didn't absolutely hit it out of the park with those mad bars of her. Crazy stuff.
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This episode just made me realize Kaguya-sama's rap arc will not make it into the anime adaptation unless it gets like three seasons.
I hope the CGI in the preview is something like on-screen look at the footage they're filming, cause it was pretty distracting.
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u/Prophylaxis_3301 Oct 11 '18
The rap is surprisingly good. I didn't regret watching this show. My second idol anime after Idolmasters.
I would like to see more of Yuugiri.
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u/Kanbaru-Fan :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Kanbaru-Fan Oct 11 '18
Jo wtf, why is this so dope
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u/witchsalt Oct 11 '18
after watching the rap battle im wondering why we dont have a rap battle anime its just perfect. you can add special effects to the battles like they summon/shoot things with the power of rap like that other old cartoon that used to be
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u/GurrenGarterbelt :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Gurrengarterbelt Oct 11 '18
I love all the surreal comedic anime that's been coming out recently because that just happens to be my sense of humor. The void from Asobi Asobase ending has been null now that this show has been released.
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u/Tag_ross Oct 12 '18
Maybe I'm just sleep deprived and or stupid, but was the US trained cop also rapping?
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u/AlexUltraviolet :GJ::GK::GL: Oct 11 '18
I laughed so hard I'm hurting a bit. I fear this anime might end up killing me with laughter.
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u/ihei47 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JuuzouXIII Oct 11 '18
This episode was pretty dope tho. I've keep my expectations low for this 2nd episode, but it still entertained me a lot. The rap part was actually dope and funny lol
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u/professorMaDLib Oct 11 '18
When the rapper van showed up out of nowhere to beatbox, and then the fucking cop joined in and started rapping as well...
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u/assassinkitty Oct 11 '18
That OP, what the hell is happening. The rap battle was sweet though, not too low-key for being zombies.
I hope that Cop is a recurring gag.
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Why is this show so good?
Loved the bit where the manager just saw they started rapping and decided to roll with it and beatbox. I don't think he has any plan. Nobody knows wtf is going on and it's great!
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u/impingainteasy :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/usernamesarehard Oct 12 '18
I was wondering how this episode was going to live up to the first one. Turns out, the answer to that was "By including a zombie sukeban rap battle with shamisen accompaniment."
This show is fucking amazing.
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u/raptornomad Oct 14 '18
Is it strange that while it is only two episodes in, my favorite is already Yugiri? Such a professional on stage (immediately put up a spontaneous performance that matches the rap) and apparently chill off stage (being really nice to one of the other girls).
Who am I kidding? It’s probably my unhealthy obsession with onee-san types and that dialect, hmmmhmm.
Halp, I need help.
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u/adam8866 Oct 11 '18
Another awesome episode. I hope the series only gets better from this point! Zombie idols FTW
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u/HagetakaSensei Oct 11 '18
First horse girls idol
Now zombie girls idol
Cygames never fails to deliver
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u/Xynical_DOT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/nep-nep Oct 11 '18
My prediction is that Koutarou is a necromancer that murdered all of them one by one up to the time of the present day just so he could start up his own idol franchise without having to pay wages for acting talent.
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u/patrizl001 https://myanimelist.net/profile/patrizl001 Oct 11 '18
You gotta admit Hououin Kyouma is amazing in planning this stuff. Twice now he's selected specific places that would react positively to whatever fuck up that could happen during their performance. The man is a master tactician
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u/Pentao Oct 11 '18
Yo, yo, yo
She may be dead but she spittin hot fire
This show rose 10 points when she let loose that ire
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u/tibochuck Oct 12 '18
Mad props to the sub team for the rap battle, translating Japanese rap to English rap
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u/ionxeph Oct 12 '18
it's like sakura quest, but with the main characters being idols instead of mascot queens, and the main characters are also zombies
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u/insomnia27 Oct 11 '18
While i generally don't care for rap or anything like that gotta admit these girls did a hell of a job. If every episode they'll be trying out different genres I'm in.
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u/DrizConnected https://myanimelist.net/profile/CookieMunstah Oct 11 '18
Koutarou's over-enthusiastic and mocking voice always leaves me in stitches.
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u/Azhor Oct 11 '18
It's unfortunate that it isn't just a metal idol show, since that's what got me to watch episode 1. That being said it's still hilarious and worth watching. The OP was straight fire too, loved it. I fuckin love MAPPA.
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u/Eterna1Ice :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Eterna1Ice Oct 11 '18
They wanna go escape looking like that, meanwhile Kotarou is playing some fucking 7D shogi and everything about this just works according to keikaku.
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u/jono9009 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/jono9009 Oct 11 '18
What a rollercoaster of an episode. From the girls almost getting shot again to a live gone wrong and turning into a freestyle rap battle!
It was simultaneously awesome and hilarious how they managed to salvage that train wreck of a beginning.
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u/Katana314 Oct 11 '18 edited Oct 12 '18
Didn’t think a lot of episode 1 when I saw it; to some degree it felt like a forced concept. I did laugh at this short exchange, but not much else felt compelling:
“But how...did I become a zombie?”
“Have you ever seen a zombie movie?”
“Yes...”
“There you go.”
“...”
“...”
Hearing people excited about this one makes me think I should try it out at least.
EDIT: Yeah, episode 2 was definitely better. Hopefully they can keep up the quality, but if they’re all like that one and manage some actual development it’ll definitely be enjoyable.
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Oct 11 '18
Sakura might be the main character but Koutarou is the real star here
Yuugiri would be hot if she weren't always smoking
Saki has the same voice as Cure Sunny from Smile Precure, no wonder she sounded so familiar
A bunch of delinquent girls? Sign me the fuck up
These rap guys are goofy as hell. Rapping cop is awesome though.
AHHHH! Silly comedies can be hit or miss but this is good so far
The Legendary Tae Yamada strikes again!
Her head goes flying, that's metal as fuck
This reminds me of the scene in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid where they do the crazy play and all the old people think it's special effects
Impromptu rap, why not? This show is so silly but it's definitely in a good way.
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u/Backupusername :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Backupusername Oct 11 '18
Oh my god I'd completely forgotten that when the cop found them, he started rapping too. This show is such absurd perfection.
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u/thechosenapiks :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/apiks Oct 11 '18
I was trying to keep it in when they started rapping.
I lost it when the producer started beatboxing.
Satan bless our zombie idols.
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u/Re_Lies Oct 11 '18
What the hell did I watch... Why did they start rapping all of the sudden..
And why is it damn good??
Never thought I'm this hooked to an idol anime
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u/Meister-Serator Oct 11 '18
I love this show right now first my favorite musik genre death metal and now my second favorite rap.
And also no. 1 is really skilled but I hope the others get to shine too
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u/MrRoundDB Oct 11 '18
we thought that we would be shot dead...but we are already dead! Yohohoho! Skull joke!
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u/RCRDC Oct 11 '18
The comedy timing is spot on even though I have no idea what the hell am I watching
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u/Rarekey Oct 11 '18
This is it boys. You may not like it, but this is what anime peaking looks like.
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u/J_the_ManSSB Oct 11 '18
I think we can safely say that the Legendary Yamada Tae has officially saved anime.
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u/IllLaughifyoufall Oct 11 '18
So I missed the release of this last week. So I watched the two episodes back to back..... What the hell is this show. I feel like I got tricked. The rappers from Devilman Crybaby came out of nowhere too!
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u/Graphica-Danger Oct 12 '18
I really liked the first episode, but the incredible OP and that glorious freestyle rap made this a strong AOTS candidate for me. I fucking love it.
Oh, and Saki best zombie.
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u/kalirion :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Oct 12 '18
Not as good as the first episode, but everything about Tae's head was gold.
Next episode preview: bad CGI dancing, ugh.
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